Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} looking up at the ripening dates, Muscat, Oman

Simon Colmer / Wheat (Triticum aestivum) ripening heads, Sussex, UK.

Simon Colmer / Wheat (Triticum aestivum) ripening heads, UK.

Colin Varndell / Bramble with ripening Blackberries {Rubus plicatus} UK.

Elio Della Ferrera / Figs ripening on Fig tree {Ficus sp} Assam, North East India, Indian Subcontinent

Chris Mattison / Field of ripening Barley (Hordeum vulgare), Nottinghamshire, England, UK, June

Jouan & Rius / Pears (Pyrus communis) ripening on tree, France, September

Colin Varndell / Ripening blackberries on Bramble (Rubus plicatus) shrub, Dorset, UK, September

Colin Varndell / Elderberries (Sambucus) ripening on tree. Dorset, UK, September.

Ernie Janes / Garden marrows (Cucurbita sp) ripening, Norfolk, UK

Fabrice Cahez / Redcurrants (Ribes rubrum) ripening on stem. Vosges, France, June.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) with ripening seeds. Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.